Family friendly 2016 Toyota Verso puts safety first

The flexible, family-friendly Toyota Verso MPV has been given a substantial safety upgrade with a package of Toyota Safety Sense active safety and driver assistance features being added to the standard specification of every model.

It’s part of a refresh for 2016 that includes a revised grade structure, new alloy wheel designs and a clutch of detail changes in the cabin.

Toyota Safety Sense

Verso’s Toyota Safety Sense benefits include a Pre-Collision System that recognises an imminent impact with a vehicle ahead, triggering a warning to the driver and priming the brakes for extra stopping power the moment the brake pedal is pressed. If the driver fails to respond, Autonomous Emergency Braking is activated, automatically slowing the vehicle to reduce the force of any impact.

Verso further gains Automatic High Beam, which maintains excellent forward visibility when driving at night. It detects both the headlights of oncoming vehicles, and the tail lights of vehicles ahead, automatically switching between high and low beams to avoid dazzling other drivers.

The third Toyota Safety Sense element for Verso is Lane Departure Alert. This monitors lane markings on the road and helps prevent accidents and head-on collisions caused by a vehicle drifting out of its lane. If the vehicle starts to deviate from its lane without the turn indicators being used, the system alerts the driver with visual and audible warnings.

These features are in addition to Verso’s proven active and passive safety provisions, from its strong body construction, designed to absorb and channel impact forces away from the cabin, to the seven airbags, ABS, emergency brakeforce distribution, brake assist, traction control and vehicle stability control that all come as standard.

New grade structure

Verso is available in a new Design trim, alongside the established Active, Icon and Excel specifications.

Available with the 1.8-litre Valvematic petrol engine with automatic transmission and the 1.6-litre D-4D diesel, it comes with the Toyota Touch 2 with Go multimedia system with satellite navigation and reversing camera, rear privacy glass and a (fixed) panoramic roof. These are in addition to the standard features of Icon grade, including DAB tuner, dusk-sensing headlights, cruise control, automatic air conditioning, six-speaker audio and power windows front and rear.

At the top of the range, Excel models gain the panoramic roof, rain-sensing wipers, auto-dimming rear-view mirror, high-intensity discharge headlights and combination leather and cloth upholstery.

Icon, Design and Excel versions of Verso can be specified with an optional, high-value family pack that provides two rear seatback screens with integrated DVD players and leather seat upholstery (first and second row seats) for £1,995. Other entertainment system combinations are available as stand-alone options, including permutations of master and slave DVD screens and single or double iPad docks.

Exterior and cabin changes

New alloy wheel designs feature on the 2016 Verso – 16-inch for Icon, 17-inch for Design and 17-inch with a double-spoke arrangement for Excel, with an Anthracite dark grey finish. The colour choices include a new Platinum Bronze shade.

In the cabin there is a new leather-trimmed steering wheel with integrated switches for hands-free phone use and other functions. a new gear shift design and a new=look cloth upholstery for Icon and Design models. To free up more boot space, the tyre repair kit (when specified) has been relocated to the underfloor storage compartment behind the driver’s seat.

The Toyota Touch 2 system adopts a larger, seven-inch display and, where satellite navigation is specified, an improved interface for easier, more intuitive operation.

2016 Toyota Verso price

The 2016 Toyota Verso is on sale now, priced from £18,120 for the five-seat Active model. Seven-seat models cost from £18,650 and the new Design grade models start at £23,405.

GRADE

ENGINE/TRANSMISSION

SEATS

OTR PRICE

Active

1.6 Valvematic 6MT

5

£18,120

Active

1.6 Valvematic 6MT

7

£18,650

Active

1.6 D-4D 6MT

7

£19,995

Icon

1.6 Valvematic 6MT

7

£20,650

Icon

1.8 Valvematic Auto

7

£22,150

Icon

1.6 D-4D 6MT

7

£21,995

Design

1.8 Valvematic Auto

7

£23,405

Design

1.6 D-4D 6MT

7

£23,250

Excel

1.8 Valvematic Auto

7

£25,450

Excel

1.6 D-4D 6MT

7

£25,295

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Comments (45)

Hi there! I just purchase a Toyota Verso Design 2016 model in my local Toyota dealer and when they hand in my keys, it got no spare key which I am very disappointed. I ask for it and they said there’s no spare key normally because the manager said legally, there should only be one key, and he’s trying to emphasised it’s a law. Is this true that there is really a law for this because I’m not quite convince with what the manager said and it’s really a big necessity for me to have a spare key as I always misplace my original key on my old toyota verso icon

Hi Arthur,
Thanks for getting in touch. Are you referring to a dealer in the UK? If so, we’d advise getting in touch with our Customer Relations team and make them aware of this. You can find their contact details here: https://www.toyota.co.uk/contact-us/index.json. Thanks.

Hi! Thanks for the reply. Yes I’m referring to a toyota dealer here in UK. Just spoke to the manager and said we have to order the spare key from them at our cost. My wife is not happy with that, ( she’s the one paying for it ). The manager said the previous owner lost the spare key, now he’s saying this. If only they mention it to us,when they’re still selling it, maybe we’ve made a good deal out of it. Is it not their responsibilities to provide all the informations about that car even the negative sides of it? I don’t know if it’s not a standard for toyota dealers who sell nearly new second hand cars to provide a spare key for the convinience of the customers? How come they haven’t sort it out before selling it? I’m asking all these because I’ve got some bad experiences of misplacing my keys on my old cars.

Hi Arthur,
We’re sorry to hear this. We’d advise contacting our Customer Relations team as they are in the best position to guide you further.
With regards to the cost of replacing keys, the steps may seem simple but there are actually many stages that go towards completing this process. You can read more here: https://blog.toyota.co.uk/lost-car-keys-advice.
Thanks.

Hi again! Does a 2016 Toyota Verso Design comes with a manual, as mine doesn’t have one when I bought it? My local toyota dealer told me I can download/look it in your website but I find it very inconvenient to read it in my iphone especially when I’m out and about. Where can I get a printed (book) one please? Thanks!

Hi Arthur,
Thanks for getting in touch. When you collected your car you should have received a smaller version of the manual, called a user guide which is part of a ‘Kit’. The ‘Kit’ (which used to be called the passport) contains the User Guide and Service and Warranty information. If your car didn’t come with one, this will be because they’re out of stock and one will be autoissued to the dealer for you when they are in stock again. Hope this helps.

Hi! Just to let you know that the user guide for my 2016 Toyota Verso Design has not arrived yet as I was advised last 31 January 2018 that they will be posted that day. I’ve already provided my details through email as you asked. Many thanks.
Arthur.

Hi Brandon,
Our technical team have advised the following: You would not be able to change this unfortunately, as this would be altering the vehicle from the standard factory setting.
You might be able to change the design, however this is not something we can advise due to changing the vehicle specification from standard.
Hope this helps!

Wow – never thought of that as being another reason not to buy a panoramic roof (i.e. body flexing on jacking up a car may damage the glass roof). They look great but in addition to a reduction in headroom and the possibility of expensive stone-chip damage, this latest disadvantage puts me off one completely (a panoramic roof, not the Verso – still a shame the 1.2 turbo engine isn’t available for it).

Really disappointed with some aspects of the new Verso. Supplying the vehicle with only one remote key for a family car isn’t practical. I’ve been Toyota brand loyal for many years but I’m surprised to find no CD player in my new car – nobody mentioned they were being removed. I get confusing messages and icons appearing on the dash, I still haven’t worked out what all the bleeps and sounds mean – I get constant bleeps for about a quarter of a mile before I get to one local speed camera but on others I get a single barely noticeable bleep.You don’t want to supply a handbook anymore but it’s not always practical when you’re inside the car to look at everything on the website on a small mobile phone screen.

Hi Sue,
Thanks for getting in touch. We’re sorry to hear that you’re having trouble with your Toyota Verso. Have you been to your local dealership about the issues you’re facing? They should be able to provide some clarity. If you need help finding your nearest dealer please let us know! Many thanks 🙂

Hi there,
Thank you for you post. 2016 Verso comes with a rear-view reversing camera as standard on Icon and above grades. The Active grade does not come with a rear-view reversing camera as standard. Hope this helps and if you have any other questions please let us know.

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